Lately, while being in somewhat of a slump, I realized I have really good friends. Friends that know me so well, they know what will make me happy. Today, for my Slice of Life post, I thought I would share some things my friends have done to let me know they care for me. A…
Today’s slice comes to you late! Usually, I wake up, get my high schooler’s out the door and then write my blog . Whether it is for the Slice of Life Story Challenge as it has been this month, or my usual daily blogging, I like to get it done early. My blog is usually…
It’s no secret that I have been stressed lately. Hopefully, after this weekend some of the stress will be alleviated. On Saturday I am a featured speaker at our local Spring into Gardening Conference, hosted by our Master Gardener Volunteer Association. It is an annual conference our group hosts, bringing in at least one well-known…
The following are my entries for The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge for the week of 2/28/18. Haleakala Crater & Cinder Cones – Strangely looking like Mars Another Shot of Haleakala, looking down into the volcano’s crater. Definitely, other worldly to me! Thanks for the opportunity to share!
I am getting hooked on locally home-grown honey! In the past month, I have been lucky enough on two occasions to get some samples! The first was from Five Hands Farm out of Minnesota. The owner was in the booth next to mine at a local art show in February. She had honey, in cute…
Yesterday, I led my new group of garden club students through a lesson in which they had to videotape me. One of my graduate courses is requiring that I be recorded while conducting a micro lesson on place as part of an assignment. The course is Place Based Education – Strategies for Teaching. For the…
The high school schedule during the last two weeks has been extremely frustrating. While the cancellation and rescheduling of things like our Spring athletic code meeting, an early release and a late start all due to weather are understandable, the seemingly continual changes made to class schedules are not. A state bound wrestling team, term…
When I return to The Netherlands someday, I know where I am going. One place will be the tulip fields – I just have to time my trip right. And the other place will be a candy shop! Although I did visit a chocolate shop in the shopping district of The Hague during my trip…
Gray – Grey. The sky is grey today. Heavy, Opaque, Still. A glimmer of peach at the horizon can be seen if you look for it. It says there is more light somewhere, today. White. Tiny white ice crystals knocked on my window and fell to the deck below, covering it with a speckled veil…
This morning I woke up feeling unsure about how I will do with the Slice of Life Blog Writing Challenge this year. My intent is to blog every day. I did complete the challenge successfully last year, posting for 31 days in a row which led to the past year of blogging almost every day. …